One of our former diplomats often joked that if one wants to break up an organization in Samoa, give it a $100,000. A major challenge in many organizations is the absence of good governance to guide their decision-making. 

It promotes leaders with itchy fingers. Annual reports are not on time and audit opinions on Financial Statements are often qualified.

What about political organisations policies and practices in the Pacific, in general?

The worst practice Samoa has been avoiding in the past but is very popular among the Melanesians, is the provision of public funds for each district, but administered and controlled directly by the Members of Parliament for his district. The open misuse of these funds has been the subject of media reports.

Now that this practice is formally introduced into Samoa with a special Samoan flavour for deception, Samoa is now a divided nation, brother against brother and parents against children.

The discriminatory use of Government resources to favour the FAST members districts is shocking. 

Donor Partners have enormous experiences from their association with the Melanesian Governments concerned and their system that appears only to leaders with the same frame of mind.

Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

Leader of HRPP